You think that’s bad, try downloading the newest Blink-182 album on linewire, and all the MP3s are labeled as .exe for some reason…
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DiscoKeule
I had that happen recently. Turns out my Antivirus just stopped it launching and as somebody else said the CMD is sometimes normal lol. Still did a check with Malwarebytes though
-professor_plum-
Wait… that’s not normal?
K1rk0npolttaja
mfw i dont use the repackers official site
Common-Marketing-989
What is the name of the game?
missviolet96
I had to do this for a game. Turned out to be nothing.
ChChChillian
ruh — and I mean this in the strongest possible sense — roh!
These_Pumpkin3174
Naw the best was downloading madonna on napster to hear her accusing voice say “what the fuck do you think you’re doing?” Thank you Madonna for helping me discover my getting caught while fapping fetish.
WingziuM
Anyone remember that Irish virus from the ’90s?
smoothartichoke27
Welp. Time to bust out the Windows Boot USB drive.
You check pirated software with antivirus before you launch it, right?
It generally just means there was an error, what I do is open cmd and start exe from the command line so it won’t close on error.
Decent_Ad440
Could be worse. You might wanna download music or movies and the file is an .exe
Vote_Subatai
Quick just turn the computer off and go about your day.
ChalkCoatedDonut
What does the cmd do?
Acrobatic_Train1007
There are SUPER ULTRA UBER MEGA cool redit subs for that
CodingHistory
Next step, it launches powershell
IgniteThatShit
I always scan anything I download with Windows Defender and Malwarebytes. One can never be too safe.
SharkNikya
Download ram for your computer
Freakwilly
“Well, my work computer is slower than my gaming PC”
sephirothbahamut
That’s not necessarily bad, might be the exact script that bypasses anti piracy measures.
An any case always test your pirated software in a controlled environment, like Windows Sandbox
newman_justin40
What do you mean gta5.exe is only 120kb? What more could they need?
JPizzlesaurus
TelephoneActive1539
Sometimes it just doesn’t do anything and you resort to emulate the Wii U version.
Michaeli_Starky
Piracy is bad kids. Please downvote as much as you like.
gerolg
been pirating for years and never had a problem with pirated games, just find a “reputable” source and download from there…
flippinbird
Better be safe and download that ZoneAlarm Antivirus listed below the new h0ly-w00D.bat album
FartingBob
Damn i thought GTA6.exe was going to be so good.
MiserablePromotion94
Skill issue
VortexTalon
i don’t get it cus i haven’t pirated anything, is it they get hacked joke?
SJ-redditor
I don’t care if anything is a virus. I don’t do anything with banking or credit cards or any other vital stuff on my PC. If anything is infestered with compy herpes I just wipe it back to the saved image of a fresh install I keep on a thumb drive.
zgillet
Who doesn’t know about trusted repackers by now?
mozomenku
Why people don’t host a vm to check if anything unwanted will happen? It’s not really hard and there are thousands of tutorials. It won’t solve all problems, but at least you can assure if the pc boots and check the performance or background running processes.
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You think that’s bad, try downloading the newest Blink-182 album on linewire, and all the MP3s are labeled as .exe for some reason…
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I had that happen recently. Turns out my Antivirus just stopped it launching and as somebody else said the CMD is sometimes normal lol. Still did a check with Malwarebytes though
Wait… that’s not normal?
mfw i dont use the repackers official site
What is the name of the game?
I had to do this for a game. Turned out to be nothing.
ruh — and I mean this in the strongest possible sense — roh!
Naw the best was downloading madonna on napster to hear her accusing voice say “what the fuck do you think you’re doing?” Thank you Madonna for helping me discover my getting caught while fapping fetish.
Anyone remember that Irish virus from the ’90s?
Welp. Time to bust out the Windows Boot USB drive.
*10 minutes later on Reddit*
“Downloaded this thing, am I cooked?”
One of many reasons not to pirate.
Clean conscience, clean criminal record, clean computer.
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Get a famely if you whant to be better
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My homies only trust one girl
You check pirated software with antivirus before you launch it, right?
It generally just means there was an error, what I do is open cmd and start exe from the command line so it won’t close on error.
Could be worse.
You might wanna download music or movies and the file is an .exe
Quick just turn the computer off and go about your day.
What does the cmd do?
There are SUPER ULTRA UBER MEGA cool redit subs for that
Next step, it launches powershell
I always scan anything I download with Windows Defender and Malwarebytes. One can never be too safe.
Download ram for your computer
“Well, my work computer is slower than my gaming PC”
That’s not necessarily bad, might be the exact script that bypasses anti piracy measures.
An any case always test your pirated software in a controlled environment, like Windows Sandbox
What do you mean gta5.exe is only 120kb? What more could they need?
Sometimes it just doesn’t do anything and you resort to emulate the Wii U version.
Piracy is bad kids. Please downvote as much as you like.
been pirating for years and never had a problem with pirated games, just find a “reputable” source and download from there…
Better be safe and download that ZoneAlarm Antivirus listed below the new h0ly-w00D.bat album
Damn i thought GTA6.exe was going to be so good.
Skill issue
i don’t get it cus i haven’t pirated anything, is it they get hacked joke?
I don’t care if anything is a virus. I don’t do anything with banking or credit cards or any other vital stuff on my PC. If anything is infestered with compy herpes I just wipe it back to the saved image of a fresh install I keep on a thumb drive.
Who doesn’t know about trusted repackers by now?
Why people don’t host a vm to check if anything unwanted will happen? It’s not really hard and there are thousands of tutorials. It won’t solve all problems, but at least you can assure if the pc boots and check the performance or background running processes.